This is Behcet’s Disease. It’s often an “invisible illness.” Systemic inflammation, severe fatigue. It’s an autoimmune vasculitis. So it can cause lesions anywhere you have blood vessels. This most often occurs in soft tissue, like the mouth, eyes, genitals, skin. For me, the oral lesions are most problematic. Sometimes I can look totally normal from […]

I’ve been riding wave after wave of flares recently, so I’m focusing on tightening up my diet and getting back to basics with my daily routines and supplements. Part of that plan involves the goodness that came in these boxes. Join me and the munchkin as we open them up and dig in. Plus Olivia […]

Today has been rough. Loads of fatigue. I basically only peeled myself off the couch to make sure my kid was fed. On days like today, if it ain’t easy, it ain’t happenin’. But with the right things in the fridge, throwing something kid friendly and healthy together is simple and easy. Grassfed, uncured hot […]

I’m venturing back into the paleo-ish world and y’all- it’s so much easier to be paleo now than it was 6 years ago. Publix has coconut aminos! Whattttt??? Plus all these dressings and marinades. I’m stoked! Recent health struggles have reminded me that I can’t out-supplement a bad diet, so while I don’t plan to […]

A friend told me she kept hearing the phrase “Who do you think you are?” during her prayer time. She said, “I know it’s just the enemy trying to tear me down.” But to me, that totally sounded like God trying to build her up. Hear me out. . For those of us who think […]

Growing up in the Bible Belt, it was cool to be Christian. In fact, it wasn’t cool to NOT be Christian. I’ve been back in my hometown for several weeks, and things haven’t changed much. But I AM a Christian, so this should be awesome, right? Except I believe there’s a great danger in religion […]

If you know my story, then you know I’ve worked very hard to learn how to support my body’s natural healing processes. It’s been a long road, and there are lots of pieces to the puzzle, but in this post I will share many of those pieces with you, along with some education about the […]